Generic Company Place Holder Actual Virtual Desktops

Windows on one virtual desktop will only show up on that desktop
(or that desktop's task bar if you minimize the window), and you
can quickly switch back and forth between desktops using hotkeys or
the program's system tray icon.

Actual Virtual Desktops adds a button to the upper-right of a
window that, when clicked, allows you to send that window to a
different desktop. You can also choose to have that window display
on every desktop, or go into the program configuration and create
rules to automatically put certain windows on certain desktops when
the window first starts up.

You'll start with two virtual desktops, and can easily create
more in the program's configuration. You can also rename the
desktops to things like "Web apps" or "Documents" to help you
organize.

The program warns that in order to enable virtual desktop
support for command windows (where you work with a DOS prompt), it
has to make system changes that some security programs might
misconstrue as malicious. It's worth noting that We scanned the
Actual Virtual Desktops download hosted here and didn't find
anything suspicious.

If you don't have multiple monitors and tend to have many
different windows open at any given time, virtual desktop programs
like Actual Virtual Desktop can be a big help in organizing your
desktop.

--Erik Larkin

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